Recent content by TEG

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Personally I doubt that. My guess would be extreme case of distracted driving, and over-dependence on an auto pilot system that couldn't handle those conditions well. The morning commute there can be driving into the sun which makes it hard to see as well. The poor lane markings, and "worse...

I live near that area and it was a "death trap" of sorts. The crash cushion had still been compacted from when a drunk Prius driver rammed it a couple weeks before the Tesla. The crash cushion company publishes safety data on what happens when someone hits a reset cushion, but not what happens...

VIN#180...

Your profile says Iowa, but your observation sounds like (Palo Alto) California...

Some others before/after 1012: 0983: 25 Jun 2010 0994: 05 Jul 2010 1012: 15 Jul 2010 1019: 20 Jul 2010 1113: 26 Oct 2010 1127: 04 Nov 2010

https://service.tesla.com/roadster

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Public/Roadster/ServiceManual/en-us/

The were following the motto, "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again..."

I assume the Supercharger would get no communication signal from the Roadster so would just never try to activate. (No contactors would close to connect the DC current. ) NOOP

The Model S cells don't have the right voltage characteristics to match up with the old Roadster PEMs. They had to use some 3rd party cells for the r80 pack.

Can you take a picture of where this replacement part goes? https://teslastore.by/front-door-seals/ I wonder if that is a 3rd party (non Tesla) product that the tech is using.